Species Pilodius areolatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chlorodius areolatus Milne Edwards, H. 1834. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces Animaux. Paris : Librairie encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 1 xxxv 468 pp. [400].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (no longer extant), Australia [as 'Nouvelle-Hollande'].
• Chlorodius perlatus MacLeay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr Smith. pp. 53–71 pl. 3 in, Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". London. 75 pp. 4 pls [59].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MMUS C2919 ♀, South Africa.
  Paralectotype(s) MMUS C2918, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ng, P.K.L. & Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Brachyuran type specimens (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Macleay Collection, University of Sydney, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(1): 83-100 [90].
• Xantho dehaanii Krauss, F. 1843. Die Südafrikanischen Crustaceen. Eine Zusammenstellung aller bekannten Malacostraca, Bemerkungen über deren Lebenweise und geographische Verbreitung, nebst Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrer neuen Arten. Stuttgart : E. Scheizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 68 pp. 4 pls. [29 pl. I fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, South Africa.
• Actaeodes affinis Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum, etc. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt Wilkes, U.S.N., including the Crustacea Cancroidea Corystoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 73-86 [78].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (presumed lost), Tahiti.
• Etisodes caelatus Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum, etc. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt Wilkes, U.S.N., including the Crustacea Cancroidea Corystoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 73-86 [77].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (presumed lost), 'Wakes' Pacific Ocean.
• Chlorodopsis areolata brandonensis Ward, M. 1942. Notes on the Crustacea of the Desjardins Museum, Mauritius Institute with descriptions of new genera and species. Bulletin of the Mauritius Institute 2(2): 49-113 pls 5-6 [97 pl. 6 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype DM ♂, St Brandon, Mauritius.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, P.F. & Galil, B.S. 1993. A revision of the xanthid genus Pilodius Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthoidea). Journal of Natural History 27: 1119-1206 [1125]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Middleton Reef, Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (South and East Africa to Mangareva, French Polynesia).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, low intertidal, shallow subtidal.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)